In Salvador we ate Açaí! It was delicious and messy. The açaí in Brazil is different than the Açaí in the Unites States because Brazil uses guaraná. I wish that I get get this stuff in the United States!
The Manaus Temple is almost finished. All that is left is to put the angel Moroni on top. Seeing the temple nearing completion makes me excited for Fortaleza to be finished.
Cabeção is the Arara that broke into Vanessa's room and ate her kid's shoes. He is a very angry bird and some say that he is this way because an alligator ate his mate. He is an endangered species so I guess we will forgive him.
On our nature walk we found a special species of ants that actually acts as a cologne when you smash their bodies on your skin. The smell is quite nice, but I can't see ant paste being popular in the United States.
Here I am climbing up a huge Mahogany tree. The rain forest is very beautiful and big. The trees are amazing.
Alligators and a big fish that we ate for dinner one night. The fish looks a lot like a dinosaur.
We fished for piranhas in the Rio Negro. We caught three different types. . . red, black and white. The red ones are the most dangerous while the black ones are the biggest. We ate piranha soup with the very piranhas we caught.
Terry, our amazon guide caught us a small cayman alligator. This particular species can grow to be as big as seven feet.
A lake full of lily pads.
